Roger Clemens is among the first-time Hall of Fame candidates associated with performance-enhancing drugs. And his lawyers from his recent perjury trial are making their case for members the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to vote him into the Hall of Fame.

"For them to say, 'He's not getting into the Hall of Fame because I know he did it'?" co-counsel Michael Attanasio told the Los Angeles Times. "I think that's shameful."

Added lead counsel Rusty Hardin: "I would think that if a baseball writer really wanted conscientiously to cast a vote on one of the greatest pitchers of all time, go look at the evidence. See, after you read it, why the jury did it. It wasn't a crazy jury."

The jury in the federal case acquitted Clemens, but it remains to be seen whether that will sway enough of the voting members of the BBWAA. Thus far, players who have admitted to using or have been suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs have fallen well short of the required 75 percent of the vote necessary for induction.

Voting-eligible members of the BBWAA will receive their ballots in December, and the results will be announced in January.

Clemens finished his 24-season major league career with 354 wins (ninth all time), a 3.12 ERA and 4,672 strikeouts (third all time). He was an 11-time All-Star, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner and the 1986 AL MVP.